The function of freedom is to free someone else.
TONI MORRISONThere is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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All important things are hard.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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